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Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 88311

This is an added laboratory step performed on a tissue sample that contains bone or other hard, calcium-containing material, chemically softening it so it can be thinly sliced and examined under a microscope. It is billed alongside the main examination of the tissue sample, not on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lab Step To Remove Calcium From A Tissue Sample cost?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $16.60 to $40.74.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $13 to $129Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $13 to $51
$20$50$100facility $41professional $30

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$13.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$36.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$34.67
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$95.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$48.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$20.42

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in South Dakota than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$29.51

SD $58.88AL $15.14

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.